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economic revival, which happened under the currentpresidentalassaneouattara, whois favoured to win the vote. he doesn't have a lot of strong competition. the former president laurent gbagbo awaiting trial for war crimes at the hague. a man that leads the party divided his party. many supporters are not going to vote for that presidential candidate. three of the 10 candidates pulled out, leading to voter apathy, people feel they don't have a lot of choice leading to some frustration. the officials are aware of that, the military is on the street. strongholds for laurent gbagbo, patrolling and maintaining a high presence and surprisibility. police on the streets with vehicles mounting, just in case there's trouble. >>> now, israel and jordan agreed on new measures to calm tensions over the al-aqsa mosque compound. a key commitment is that the rules allowing muslims to pray in the compound will be maintained. 56 palestinians and eight israelis died in violence since the beginning of october. the measures outlined by u.s. secretary of state after a meeting with mahmoud abbas. a pal

economic revival, which happened under the current president alassane ouattara, who is favoured to win the vote. he doesn't have a lot of strong competition. the former president laurent gbagbo awaiting trial for war crimes at the hague. a man that leads the party divided his party. many supporters are not going to vote for that presidential candidate. three of the 10 candidates pulled out, leading to voter apathy, people feel they don't have a lot of choice leading to some frustration. the...

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, a referendum is held to determine whether thepresidentalassaneouattaracanstay on. he came to power in 1979. we have more on that in a moment. first to tanzania, that's where the ruling party is facing its first real challenge after 50 years in power. catherine wambua-soi is there. >> people have been here since early morning. wanting to vote early morning, wanting to vote early so they can go home and go about their business and wait for the results. they want a free and fair election and want change, someone that will transform their life. he has been here since the polls opened. what do you want from the person you are going to elect? >> someone that can bring about change for our county, social services, education, water supply, electricity and so on. >> are you confident that this vote is going to be free and fair? >> yes, i'm confident about this election. each and everything go on. there's no contradiction about this. yes. >> reporter: the leaders are promising the changes saying they'll provide free primary education, improve the infrastructure r, and deal toughly with

, a referendum is held to determine whether the president alassane ouattara can stay on. he came to power in 1979. we have more on that in a moment. first to tanzania, that's where the ruling party is facing its first real challenge after 50 years in power. catherine wambua-soi is there. >> people have been here since early morning. wanting to vote early morning, wanting to vote early so they can go home and go about their business and wait for the results. they want a free and fair...

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>>> now, ivory coast's election commission says theincumbentalassaneouattarawona landslide victory. he had 84% of the vote. the head of the electoral commissioned the results will be sent to the constitutional court for validation. >> voters in congo backed a plan to scrap presidential term limits. the incumbent denis sassou nguesso can contest a third term. opposition says the vote was rigged. we have this report. >> reporter: they hope that getting back to normal in the capital. protests against changes to the constitution allowing congo's president denis sassou nguesso to run for a third term shut the market and business for days. >> translation: we can sell our things, it's calm, i hope it stays calm. the people want peace. >> reporter: the government says most voted yes to the constitution in the sunday resolution. the presidential election is in july 2016. the president denis sassou nguesso has not said he wants a third tarm. -- term. opposition leaders fear he may. some have been shot. for safety concerns they called for protests, the referendum was a sham. >> i was

>>> now, ivory coast's election commission says the incumbent alassane ouattara won a landslide victory. he had 84% of the vote. the head of the electoral commissioned the results will be sent to the constitutional court for validation. >> voters in congo backed a plan to scrap presidential term limits. the incumbent denis sassou nguesso can contest a third term. opposition says the vote was rigged. we have this report. >> reporter: they hope that getting back to normal in...

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incumbentalassaneouattarahaswon a land slide victory, receiving 84% of the results. the vote will go to the constitutional report to be validated. tania page has more. >> incumbent president alassane ouattara is expected to win the vote, riding high on the success of 9% economic growth. the news coming from the election that 60% of voters turned out on sunday, greeted with skepticism, particularly from some of the parties, some of who called for it, alleging that they aspire towards the incumbent president. officials have a lot of problems with new electronic voting systems. in the end of the african union observers declared the vote free and transparent. >> reporter: in 2010 then incumbent president laurent gbagbo refused to accept defeat, sparking months of violence. 3,000 were killed at the moment. laurent gbagbo at the moment is awaiting trial for crimes against humanity at the international criminal court at the hague. his influence was felt at the poll, many of the supporters felt there was none this time around, representing them. that could create a problem for the ne

incumbent alassane ouattara has won a land slide victory, receiving 84% of the results. the vote will go to the constitutional report to be validated. tania page has more. >> incumbent president alassane ouattara is expected to win the vote, riding high on the success of 9% economic growth. the news coming from the election that 60% of voters turned out on sunday, greeted with skepticism, particularly from some of the parties, some of who called for it, alleging that they aspire towards...

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.alassaneouattaraisfavoured to win. the opposition is divided. three of 10 candidates dropped out. he is convinced he can unite the country. they want to get out of what they experience. they want to move ahead with prosperity, protection, peace and for us to get together and work for a best solution. >> the election can draw a line under violence that broke out when the former president refused to concede in 2010. it could mark a sustained economic revival. laurent gbagbo faces four count of crimes against humanity arising from violence in which 3,000 were killed. charges include rape and murder. the man who leads doesn't enjoy full party support, and members say they'll boycott the ballot. angry that the weres has never been held accountable for the roll his fighters play. >> the reason i'm not voting is people were killed last time, for reconciliation you need both sides involved, one is in the hague. >> i'm here voting for alassane ouattara, because of what he's done. he has proved himself. >> reporter: the biggest challenge is a long-lasting peace. that play happen if everyon

. alassane ouattara is favoured to win. the opposition is divided. three of 10 candidates dropped out. he is convinced he can unite the country. they want to get out of what they experience. they want to move ahead with prosperity, protection, peace and for us to get together and work for a best solution. >> the election can draw a line under violence that broke out when the former president refused to concede in 2010. it could mark a sustained economic revival. laurent gbagbo faces four...

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happening underpresidentalassaneouattara, favouredto win the vote. he doesn't have a lot of strong competition. the former president laurent gbagbo awaiting war crimes, the man a leads the party divided the party. many supporters are not going to vote for that presidential candidate. three of the 10 presidential candidates had pulled out in recent weeks, leading to a lot of voter apathy. people feel like they don't have a lot of choice. it could lead to frustration. the officials are aware. the military is on the street in strongholds of laurent gbagbo. they are patrolling, maintaining a high presence. police mounted with the machine-guns in case there's trouble. >>> heavy fighting between pro-government forces and houthi rebels in tiaz left 17 dead. hundreds of civilians have been killed over the past seven months. a houthi blockade of the city left residents with a shortage of food and no access to medical care. >> police in montenegro fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters. opposition supporters were marching through parliament to end the resignation of the prime min

happening under president alassane ouattara, favoured to win the vote. he doesn't have a lot of strong competition. the former president laurent gbagbo awaiting war crimes, the man a leads the party divided the party. many supporters are not going to vote for that presidential candidate. three of the 10 presidential candidates had pulled out in recent weeks, leading to a lot of voter apathy. people feel like they don't have a lot of choice. it could lead to frustration. the officials are...